Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
Most postdoctoral fellows enter EMBL with external funding. Individual funding is obtainable from a number of international fellowship programmes, and in many cases also from the prospective fellows home country. This section summarizes some of the available fellowships. For eligibility requirements and closing dates please visit the websites of the respective funding bodies.
We encourage you to also get in touch with EMBL's Grant Services for further information and advice.
Prestigous international fellowship programmes include:
European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Long-Term Fellowships
EMBO offers two year fellowships with a focus on international exchange. As such, movement between countries is a prerequisite of this biannual fellowship.
Human Frontiers Science Programme (HFSP)
HFSP offers three year fellowships designed to encourage early stage scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Fellows have the option of using the entire fellowship in the host country or may use the last year back in their home country. The two types of fellowships on offer from HFSP are;
Long-Term Fellowships: These fellowships are designed to support applicants with a PhD in a biological discipline to enter into a different field of life sciences.
Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships: The focus of this fellowship is to support applicants with a PhD from outside the life sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences) who would like to make the transition into the life sciences.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Fellowships are designed to support researchers coming to Europe or moving within Europe.
Other potential sources of funding for EMBL fellows
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
Austrian Science Foundation, FWF
DAAD
DFG
Engelhorn Stiftung
FEBS
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Fondation pour la recherche medicale, France
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
IBRO (International Brain Research Organization)
JSPS, Japan
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden
NIH, US
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Biological Sciences
Ramon Areces Fundacion, Spain
Suomen Akatemia, Finland
Volkswagen Foundation
Wellcome Trust UK
Travel Grants
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) Travel Grants
FEBS Transcontinental Travel Grants for Young Scientists
Short-term Fellowships
EMBO Short Term Fellowship
FEBS Short Term Fellowship
If you know of a postdoctoral fellowship which is not included here please let us know.